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Chapter 7

Author: AlphaGo
Five years later. The Louvre, Paris. International Young Artists Invitational Exhibition.

By now, Claire was a painter and restorer of rising fame in the European art world.

Her name was first on the main exhibition hall's list.

When the news reached America,

Richard, Evelyn, and Lucas flew to Paris half a month early.

Lucas bought advertising space near the exhibition hall,

just so Claire would know they were there.

Begging her to see them.

And Adrian, worn down to skin and bones,

carrying the
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